diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
index fb1e989..a3c43c3 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
     var connected:Bool {
         return self._connected
     }
+    var cookies:[NSHTTPCookie]?
     var pingInterval:Int?
     var polling:Bool {
         return self._polling
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
     }
     var ws:WebSocket?
     
-    init(client:SocketIOClient, forcePolling:Bool = false) {
+    init(client:SocketIOClient, forcePolling:Bool = false, withCookies cookies:[NSHTTPCookie]?) {
         self.client = client
         self.forcePolling = forcePolling
+        self.cookies = cookies
         self.session = NSURLSession(configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration(),
             delegate: nil, delegateQueue: self.workQueue)
     }
@@ -288,7 +290,13 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
         let (urlPolling, urlWebSocket) = self.createURLs(params: opts)
         self.urlPolling = urlPolling
         self.urlWebSocket = urlWebSocket
-        let reqPolling = NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: urlPolling + "&b64=1")!)
+        let reqPolling = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: urlPolling + "&b64=1")!)
+        
+        if self.cookies != nil {
+            let headers = NSHTTPCookie.requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies(self.cookies!)
+            reqPolling.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
+        }
+        
         
         self.session.dataTaskWithRequest(reqPolling) {[weak self] data, res, err in
             var err2:NSError?
@@ -472,10 +480,10 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
                 }
                 
                 if self!.websocket {
-                    // println("sending ws: \(msg):\(datas)")
+                    // NSLog("sending ws: \(msg):\(datas)")
                     self?.sendWebSocketMessage(msg, withType: PacketType.MESSAGE, datas: datas)
                 } else {
-                    // println("sending poll: \(msg):\(datas)")
+                    // NSLog("sending poll: \(msg):\(datas)")
                     self?.sendPollMessage(msg, withType: PacketType.MESSAGE, datas: datas)
                 }
             }
@@ -588,4 +596,4 @@ public class SocketEngine: NSObject, WebSocketDelegate {
     public func websocketDidReceiveData(socket:WebSocket, data:NSData) {
         self.parseEngineData(data)
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
index 27afb7d..cf5a837 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class SocketIOClient: NSObject {
     public var connecting:Bool {
         return self._connecting
     }
+    public var cookies:[NSHTTPCookie]?
     public var engine:SocketEngine?
     public var nsp:String?
     public var reconnects = true
@@ -107,13 +108,19 @@ public class SocketIOClient: NSObject {
             if let polling = opts!["forcePolling"] as? Bool {
                 self.forcePolling = polling
             }
+            
+            if let cookies = opts!["cookies"] as? [NSHTTPCookie] {
+                self.cookies = cookies
+            }
         } else {
             self.reconnectAttempts = -1
         }
         
         super.init()
         
-        self.engine = SocketEngine(client: self, forcePolling: self.forcePolling)
+        self.engine = SocketEngine(client: self,
+            forcePolling: self.forcePolling,
+            withCookies: self.cookies)
     }
     
     public convenience init(socketURL:String, options:NSDictionary?) {